Aren't they just fighting "for the living?" They don't want the throne.

Yeah but they wanna go south, and what lies south of the wall is the north and then king's landing. So just like Dany would eventually become a threat to Robb so is Mance an eventual threat to everyone south of the wall.

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I dont think marrying that chick was so much an issue of losing a number of troops, but instead an issue of losing face because he went against his word. Clearly some of his bannermen have lost respect for him and are questioning his judgement.

Also, if we are talking about troop numbers, I'm pretty sure there is no way that Rob got a ton of troops from Riverrun. I remember some guy saying that going to rivverun was a waste because they weren't going there to fight and there weren't enough troops there to make much of a difference.

Yeah but they wanna go south, and what lies south of the wall is the north and then king's landing. So just like Dany would eventually become a threat to Robb so is Mance an eventual threat to everyone south of the wall.

What lies directly south of the wall is "The Gift" this is territory given to the nights watch. You can directly follow the Kings Road to Winterfell. George R.R. Martin has gone on the record saying that Westeros is about 3,000 miles from the wall to the southern coast of Dorne. So the Wall to Winterfell is like 500-750 miles. Another few hundred mile to get to Moat Cailin, and then another 100 miles or so to get to Greywater watch. You would now be leaving the north. Keep on following the Kings Road to the left of the Green Fork (you are in the Riverlands now.) until you get to the general area of the Trident (about 500-750 miles from Greywater Watch). There will be a fork in the road. If you go West you are traveling the River Road to Casterly Rock and Lannisport. Go East and you are traveling the High Road to The Bloody Gate which will get you to the Eyrie. If you continue to follow the Kings Road south for another 500 miles you will make it to Kings Landing.

These are estimates and it is about 2000 miles from the Wall to King's Landing. That is how far an army beyond the wall would have to march if they wanted to take Kings Landing.